Going Easy On The Dichotomist

Dichotomist,

I was really going to rip into you for your long response to my right field homer, but then you sent me "Apple-Gored." How can I be tough on someone who would do that? So, I'll go easy this time.

First of all, I'm not particularly a McCain supporter, but he was probably the best of a largely un-inspiring lot, and he would definitely have made a better president than the clown we have in there now. But then, we can say that about at least 300 million other Americans.

Unfortunately, McCain had the misfortune of running against a very unpopular "W," and a financial system near collapse. Like it or not, Sarah Palin gave his candidacy new life and he began gaining in the polls afterwards. If he had handled the crisis differently--perhaps by voting against TARP---or the crisis had never come along, he may have pulled it out and saved us from all of this. That was not to be.

As for Sarah, I take her at her word. She's not running for anything. Why do you and everyone else react so viscerally to the mere mention of her name? Sarah never ran for POTUS. She ran for VP. Seeing McCain's 90 plus year old mother in the audience should have been proof to anyone that, if Sarah were ever going to be POTUS, she would have to earn it at the polls.

Besides, do you happen to know who is currently two heartbeats away from the Presidency? It's bad enough that we have political hack Joe Biden, who is infinitely less qualified than either McCain or Palin, only one heart beat away, but none other than Nancy Pelosi is two heartbeats away! I wonder how many Americans realize that if something happens to Barack and old Joe, we'll have Nancy leading our great country! God forbid. My favorite comedian/commentator is Dennis Miller. He's smart, he's funny, and he's very clear on Pelosi. "She's vapid," in his words.

Dad